Community action/United States
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| Location | United States |
| Coordinates | 39° 47' 1.43" N, 100° 26' 45.18" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across the US. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages...Near you. This introductory page focuses on community involvement, networks, and localism.
News
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Meet the Americans who choose to live without a car in the US: ‘It takes some doing’, theguardian.com (May 08, 2026) - Inside a Kentucky City’s Unusual Experiment in Citizen-Led Governance, nextcity.org (Apr 08, 2026)
- Wisconsin town revolts against a Trump-backed data center project, politico.com (Apr 07, 2026)
- US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds, theguardian.com (Mar 25, 2026)
- “This is just a thing that I plugged in, and I’m generating my own power.” Balcony solar on the rise, in US and UK [Reasons To Be Cheerful], Daily Alternative (Mar 21, 2026)
- US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds, theguardian.com (Mar 25, 2026)
- New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 16, 2026)
- Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans, grist.org (Jan 16, 2026)
- How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground, globalvoices.org (May 14, 2026)
- Data Centres Need a Social License to Operate, demnext.substack.com (May 13, 2026) — How lessons from citizens' assemblies are highly relevant for the future of AI infrastructure and data centres, Another Democratic Future and Claudia Chwalisz
- Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education, thenews.coop (May 12, 2026) — In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Labor Network for Sustainability
- The Next System Project
- Sustainable Northwest
- Transition US, Transition Streets
- EarthShare, national federation that supports American environmental and conservation charities. Its stated mission is to engage individuals and organizations in creating a healthy and sustainable environment, by promoting environmental awareness and raising funds primarily through employee workplace giving. W
CDC videos
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Community networks, Community action/Philippines, Arts, sport and culture / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
May 1 - 3, 2026 (Fri - Sun) first weekend of May every year — Jane's Walk, How to Lead a Jane's Walk, Video, janeswalk.org- May 03, 2026 (Sun) — International dawn chorus day, first Sunday of May, wildlifetrusts.org
- May 3 - 9, 2026 (Sun - Sat) — International Compost Awareness Week, compostfoundation.org
- May 9 and Oct 10, 2026 — World Migratory Bird Day, worldmigratorybirdday.org
- May 20, 2026 (Wed) — World Bee Day, May 20 each year, fao.org
- May 21, 2026 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
- May 22, 2026 (Fri) — International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22 every year, cbd.int
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
US video
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Community involvement
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In the US, for the first time ever, the majority lack faith in the democratic system. That decline has been rapid and recent. Before the financial crisis, more than three-quarters of Americans were satisfied with US democracy; today (Jan 2020) 55% are dissatisfied...theguardian.com
Indigenous peoples
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[edit | edit source]BALLE, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - Community-Wealth.org, a project of Democracy Collaborative - Institute for local self reliance, nonprofit organization and advocacy group that provides technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in areas such as banking, broadband, energy, and waste through local purchasing. The organization was founded in 1974. ILSR has two main offices, one in Washington, D.C., and the other in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The 1990 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog summarized ILSR's mission as follows: "ILSR specializes in urban community economic development that isn't dependent on welfare handouts. Unlike many similar organizations, they develop clever technical solutions to problems - they've been particularly successful in material recovery and other schemes to reduce waste. Their experience and thoroughly professional demeanor, together with a Washington DC location, has enabled them to be influential in policy decisions." W
News archive
- Nov 8, 2020, Joe's not sleepy, but he should wake up to American localism...thealternative.org.uk
- Apr 23, 2020, Towards sustainable economies US: Accessible local alternatives to Amazon Prime...@shareable
Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]- United We Serve, an official website of the U.S. Government
- Volunteering and Civic Life in America
See also
[edit | edit source]- Topic overview: Community involvement, Networks, Localism, Community and voluntary action
Near you
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External links
- Wikipedia:United States
- Wikipedia:Sierra Club, environmental organization in the United States, founded in 1892, in San Francisco; article includes section on Criticism and Controversy
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2007–2026). "Community action/United States". Appropedia. Retrieved May 30, 2026. |